---
title: "Validate an existing payment method domain"
method: POST
path: "/v1/payment_method_domains/{payment_method_domain}/validate"
---

# Validate an existing payment method domain

`POST /v1/payment_method_domains/{payment_method_domain}/validate`

Some payment methods might require additional steps to register a domain. If the requirements weren’t satisfied when the domain was created, the payment method will be inactive on the domain. The payment method doesn’t appear in Elements or Embedded Checkout for this domain until it is active.

To activate a payment method on an existing payment method domain, complete the required registration steps specific to the payment method, and then validate the payment method domain with this endpoint.

Related guides: [Payment method domains](/docs/payments/payment-methods/pmd-registration).

## Path parameters

- `payment_method_domain` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful response.

- PaymentMethodDomain — A payment method domain represents a web domain that you have registered with Stripe. Stripe Elements use registered payment method domains to control where certain payment methods are shown. Related guide: [Payment method domains](https://docs.stripe.com/payments/payment-methods/pmd-registration).
  - `amazon_pay` PaymentMethodDomainResourcePaymentMethodStatus, required — Indicates the status of a specific payment method on a payment method domain.
    - `status` 'active' | 'inactive', required — The status of the payment method on the domain.
    - `status_details` PaymentMethodDomainResourcePaymentMethodStatusDetails — Contains additional details about the status of a payment method for a specific payment method domain.
      - `error_message` string, required — The error message associated with the status of the payment method on the domain.
  - `apple_pay` PaymentMethodDomainResourcePaymentMethodStatus, required — Indicates the status of a specific payment method on a payment method domain.
    - `status` 'active' | 'inactive', required — The status of the payment method on the domain.
    - `status_details` PaymentMethodDomainResourcePaymentMethodStatusDetails — Contains additional details about the status of a payment method for a specific payment method domain.
      - `error_message` string, required — The error message associated with the status of the payment method on the domain.
  - `created` integer, required — Time at which the object was created. Measured in seconds since the Unix epoch.
  - `domain_name` string, required — The domain name that this payment method domain object represents.
  - `enabled` boolean, required — Whether this payment method domain is enabled. If the domain is not enabled, payment methods that require a payment method domain will not appear in Elements.
  - `google_pay` PaymentMethodDomainResourcePaymentMethodStatus, required — Indicates the status of a specific payment method on a payment method domain.
    - `status` 'active' | 'inactive', required — The status of the payment method on the domain.
    - `status_details` PaymentMethodDomainResourcePaymentMethodStatusDetails — Contains additional details about the status of a payment method for a specific payment method domain.
      - `error_message` string, required — The error message associated with the status of the payment method on the domain.
  - `id` string, required — Unique identifier for the object.
  - `klarna` PaymentMethodDomainResourcePaymentMethodStatus, required — Indicates the status of a specific payment method on a payment method domain.
    - `status` 'active' | 'inactive', required — The status of the payment method on the domain.
    - `status_details` PaymentMethodDomainResourcePaymentMethodStatusDetails — Contains additional details about the status of a payment method for a specific payment method domain.
      - `error_message` string, required — The error message associated with the status of the payment method on the domain.
  - `link` PaymentMethodDomainResourcePaymentMethodStatus, required — Indicates the status of a specific payment method on a payment method domain.
    - `status` 'active' | 'inactive', required — The status of the payment method on the domain.
    - `status_details` PaymentMethodDomainResourcePaymentMethodStatusDetails — Contains additional details about the status of a payment method for a specific payment method domain.
      - `error_message` string, required — The error message associated with the status of the payment method on the domain.
  - `livemode` boolean, required — If the object exists in live mode, the value is `true`. If the object exists in test mode, the value is `false`.
  - `object` 'payment_method_domain', required — String representing the object's type. Objects of the same type share the same value.
  - `paypal` PaymentMethodDomainResourcePaymentMethodStatus, required — Indicates the status of a specific payment method on a payment method domain.
    - `status` 'active' | 'inactive', required — The status of the payment method on the domain.
    - `status_details` PaymentMethodDomainResourcePaymentMethodStatusDetails — Contains additional details about the status of a payment method for a specific payment method domain.
      - `error_message` string, required — The error message associated with the status of the payment method on the domain.

## Other responses

- `default` — Error response.

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